PROGRAMME TECHNICAL LEAD – PROGRAM OPERATIONS & SERVICE DELIVERY

SFH's strategic focus includes Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), Family Planning (FP), Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), and Nutrition programming, with emphasis on transitioning from direct implementation to technical assistance that strengthens government health systems and builds sustainable capacity. This position plays a critical leadership role in ensuring technical excellence, quality assurance, and strategic positioning of A360's SRH/FP/MNCH/Nutrition portfolio while supporting national and subnational governments to deliver high-quality, evidence-based services that improve health outcomes for women, newborns, children, and adolescents. Additionally, the role provides strategic leadership and oversight to A360’s overall operations, ensuring seamless programme management.

The Technical Lead provides strategic technical leadership, oversight, and coordination for A360's comprehensive SRH/FP/MNCH/Nutrition programming. The position holder serves as the primary technical advisor to government partners at federal and state levels, ensuring that the project's technical assistance strengthens health systems, improves quality of care, builds sustainable capacity, and advances evidence-based practices across the reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition continuum. The role requires a highly experienced clinician (Nurse/Midwife with 12+ years’ experience or Medical Doctor with 9+ years RH experience) who can combine deep programmatic and technical expertise with strategic leadership, stakeholder management, and systems to drive program quality, government ownership, and sustainable impact.

• The Technical Lead provides strategic technical leadership, oversight, and coordination for A360's comprehensive SRH/FP/MNCH/Nutrition programming.
  
• Serves as the primary technical advisor to government partners at federal and state levels, ensuring that the project's technical assistance strengthens health systems, improves quality of care, builds sustainable capacity, and advances evidence-based practices across the reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition continuum.
  
• The role requires a highly experienced clinician (Nurse-Midwife with 12+ years’ experience or Medical Doctor with 9+ years RH experience) who can combine deep technical expertise with strategic leadership, stakeholder management, and systems thinking to drive programme quality, government ownership, and sustainable impact.
  
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife qualification with 12+ years progressive experience in reproductive health programming
  
• Medical Doctor (MBBS or equivalent) with 9+ years specialised experience in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, or Family Medicine
  
• Master’s degree in public health, Maternal and Child Health, Nursing, Midwifery, or related field will be an added advantage